Tennessee Joins States Requiring Data Center Owners to Pay Full Electricity, Infrastructure Costs
A new law passed in Tennessee will protect residents from incurring rising electricity costs from nearby data centers’ demands on the grid.
Republican-led bill HB 1847 prohibits utilities companies and municipalities from paying for a data center’s electrical needs, or any of the infrastructure costs involved in expansion.
Sponsored by Republicans Senator Brent Taylor from Memphis, and State Representative Ed Butler from Rickman County, it was signed into law by Governor Bill Lee a month ago.
The issue came into focus with the impact of xAI’s two large data centers near Memphis, the first, Colossus 1, being the world’s largest supercomputer, and the second, Colossus 2, slated for a half-billion dollar expansion.
The construction of data centers to power a raft of AI solutions companies, many of which have led the US stock market to all-time-record highs, has drawn fire from residents virtually everywhere they’re built.
Reports say they instantly drive up local electricity costs, and Tennessee is not alone in attempting to protect citizens from this effect.
According to the private lobbying solutions firm Multi State, “about one-third of enacted energy policy bills related to data centers this biennium include ratepayer protection provisions, requiring data centers to fully fund their energy demand and any related grid buildout or expansion.”
HB 1847 places an impact threshold on the grid of 50 megawatts.
Anything beyond that may not be billed to the general ratepayers, nor any government body eager to bring the jobs associated with building, maintaining, and running a data center into their jurisdiction.
Florida’s SB 484 also set a threshold of 50 MW, while South Dakota and Nebraska set it at 10 MW and 20 respectively…..
Underwater tunnel from Russia to Alaska will be built: Putin envoy
Russia’s presidential envoy says that the country and the United States will sign an agreement Friday to continue designing an underwater tunnel connecting Russia’s Chukotka region to Alaska across the Bering Strait.
Kirill Dmitriev made the announcement Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
“As for the tunnel. We will have news tomorrow, we are signing an agreement that we will continue the design of the tunnel. There will be a tunnel,” he told Russian outlet TV Zvezda, according to a translation.
The Bering Strait separates mainland Russia and mainland Alaska by around 50 miles at its narrowest point.
Two small islands — one owned by Russia and one owned by the U.S. — sit in the middle of that distance.
Geographically, the distance is fairly short and the water is relatively shallow, with an average depth of 98–164 feet. The strait is just south of the Arctic Circle, where construction efforts would face extreme temperatures.
Dmitriev introduced the “Putin-Trump Tunnel” idea last October.
He estimated construction could cost more than $65 billion using conventional methods, or under $8 billion using technology from Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging venture, The Boring Company.
The company operates the Vegas Loop tunnel transportation network in Las Vegas, which came under legal scrutiny in February for safety and environmental concerns.
Dmitriev says he spoke by phone with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries.
U.S. officials have not publicly confirmed the call.
The tunnel announcement is part of a larger push by Moscow to deepen economic ties with Washington.
In February, Russia’s Foreign Ministry submitted proposals to remove barriers to “restoring” relations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had proposed a $12 trillion economic cooperation package to the U.S.
New discovery reveals everything…
The Covid era refuses to stay in the past, because the same institutions that demanded obedience, censored dissent, and blamed the unvaccinated for the crisis are still asking to be trusted today.
As new claims emerge about long-term health consequences, the bigger question becomes whether the people who got so much wrong have ever truly been held accountable—and what happens when public trust is broken beyond repair.
Military veteran’s painful walk across airport tarmac sparks strangers to raise over $135K
A viral video showing an airport worker and military veteran struggling to walk across a California tarmac has inspired thousands of strangers to donate more than $135,000 to help cover the man’s medical expenses and daily living costs.
The footage, recorded at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, has been viewed nearly 6 million times on TikTok and sparked an outpouring of support online.
Passenger Lacinda Thackeray said she filmed the worker after noticing he appeared to be in significant pain while performing his duties.
“Watching him work so hard — he could barely move — truly broke my heart,” Thackeray said.
“I know there has to be a way we can help him retire.”
The worker was later identified as James Blair, a U.S. Navy veteran who spent a decade working as an aircraft mechanic before beginning a career refueling planes.
Years of physically demanding work have taken a toll on his body, particularly his knees, Blair told CBS News.
Despite the chronic pain, he continued working while also helping care for his 90-year-old mother, who is receiving hospice care.
After the video was shared online, viewers began donating money to help Blair with his medical expenses and other needs.
The fundraiser has since surpassed $135,000 toward a goal of $200,000.
“When I first saw the video and the money started going up, I started laughing,” Blair told the outlet. “I’ve been doing this job for 20 years, and I just didn’t think anybody actually cared.”
Blair said the donations have been life-changing for him and will help ease some of the financial burden associated with his medical challenges.
The video’s comments section quickly filled with messages of support from people who knew Blair and strangers who were moved by his story.
Several commenters described him as a hardworking employee who had spent years putting others before himself.
“That’s my coworker James,” one user wrote. “I have been working alongside him for five years now and talking to him is the best part of my shift.”
Others pointed to Blair’s military service and decades of work at the airport, saying he deserved the support he was receiving.
“Our vets deserve so much better,” one user wrote.
Many commenters also celebrated the success of the fundraiser, with one writing, “This is how we honor our veterans.”
FBI arrests 3 men who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS, funded drone attacks targeting US troops overseas
Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, California; and Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, California, were arrested on a complaint filed in the District of Kansas after allegedly conspiring to provide material support to terrorism after collectively providing more than $2,000 to a person they understood to be a member of ISIS, according to a news release from the Department of Justice (DOJ).
FBI Director Kash Patel said the suspects allegedly swore allegiance to ISIS, plotted multiple attacks and targeted U.S. service members.
“This FBI stopped them cold,” Patel said. “The success of this op shows once again this FBI’s continued record of stopping terrorist attacks before they happen, simply the best way to defend the homeland — and shows we’ll stop at nothing to defend Americans from those who seek to do us harm. I want to thank our teams in Kansas City, San Diego, Sacramento, Newark and Richmond, and the Counterterrorism Division for their outstanding efforts on this investigation and commitment to mission.”
Officials said that from February 2025 to about June 2026, the suspects communicated about several plans to support ISIS, including through the provision of personnel, services and money.
Through Discord chats, voice calls and other messaging platforms, they allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and its leader, according to the complaint.
They are also accused of exchanging messages in social media groups promoting violence in furtherance of ISIS….
Ex-counterterrorism official Joe Kent endorses GOP Senate primary challenger as Trump backs Lindsey Graham
Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent endorsed South Carolina Republican U.S. Senate primary candidate Mark Lynch, calling incumbent GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham a “war hawk, neocon.”
South Carolinians who would like to “stop sending billions of dollars overseas” and “stop us from getting entangled in endless foreign wars in the Middle East,” have the opportunity “to do all of us a great service and vote to get Lindsey Graham out of office this Tuesday, June 9th,” Kent declared in part of a video message posted to social media on Thursday.
“Vote for Mark Lynch,” Kent urged, calling Lynch “the America First candidate” and asserting that Lynch “is the best postured right now to get the war hawk, neocon, Lindsey Graham out of office.”
Graham campaign press secretary Abby Zilch said in a statement to Fox News Digital, “Mark Lynch is touting an endorsement from a man that President Trump called a ‘SLEAZEBAG,’ ‘LEAKER,’ and a ‘LOSER.'”…
Anger at Judicial Failure to Stop Child Rapist, Feared to Have Now Murdered Young Girl
“Things didn’t happen as they should have done. That is clear. And so it is unacceptable,” Macron said. “We cannot look her family in the face and say everything went well.”
French media have reported that a 41-year-old man taken into custody was seen in front of Lyhanna’s school in the Gers town of Fleurance and, on surveillance cameras, later spotted driving with her in his car.
He told investigators that he dropped her off near the municipal swimming pool, media reports said.
A Gers-region prosecutor, Clémence Meyer, said this week that young girls and their families had previously lodged multiple complaints about the suspect, including allegations of rape.
An allegation that the man raped a minor at his Gers-region home in 2020 was looked into, with medical evaluations and police interviews, but authorities closed the case in 2024 for lack of evidence, the prosecutor said.
The man was the subject of another, still ongoing police investigation for alleged rape when Lyhanna disappeared.
The child in that case alleges that the suspect raped her repeatedly at his home in 2024 and 2025, the prosecutor said. That case has bounced between jurisdictions.
She said another allegation of raping a minor was lodged against the man this week.
The government has launched an investigation. Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said officials will look at the time it took for casework to be transferred between jurisdictions, why information is transmitted on paper, not electronically, why police seemingly didn’t follow orders and “why we didn´t intervene despite many months of complaints against the man.”
“It´s completely unacceptable,” Darmanin said, speaking Thursday. “We are all terrified by this malfunction.”
He said it reveals “our poor organization and without doubt, the fact that at the Justice Ministry and elsewhere, we don´t take the words of children seriously.”
South Carolina Busts Illegal‑Immigrant Hiring Network; Managers Charged After Factory Raid
“If you are unlawfully aiding illegal immigrants in South Carolina, you are going to be investigated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Attorney General Alan Wilson said. “If you are taking advantage of hard-working Americans, stealing their identities, and are intentionally ignoring your responsibilities as an employer in an effort to circumvent the law, we are coming for you.”
The indictments and subsequent raids on the Burnstein Von Seelen Precision Casting Plant in Abbeville, South Carolina, follow a nearly two-year investigation, officials stated.
These crimes are not only stealing jobs from American employees but also pose a serious risk to national security,” the South Carolina Attorney General Stated.
“When criminals make it easy for illegal aliens to get fake identification documents, we don’t know who is working in our country, and in this operation, specifically, our national security and manufacturing sectors.”
Six employers in the plant were indicted following the “Ghost Story” investigation. The AG’s office identifies those as:
Mark M. Zito, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in North and South Carolina, added, “The crimes uncovered in Operation Ghost Story are not victimless. When illegal aliens use stolen identities and forged documents, they victimize law-abiding citizens whose personal information is misused and undermine the security of our communities. These actions also enable businesses to profit from illegal labor at the expense of honest workers and employers.”
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark A. Keel said: “This raid is the direct result of an exhaustive, years-long investigation. It should serve as a deterrent to anyone who participates in illegal employment.
Employers who knowingly and willfully hire illegal labor must be held accountable. Employees who provide fraudulent documents in order to gain employment will be brought to justice.
I want to be clear: illegal employment schemes will not be tolerated in South Carolina.”
Officials added:…
Trump Economy Delivers for Blue-Collar Boom: Manufacturing Real Wages Soar
The average weekly paycheck for a nonsupervisory durable goods factory worker is up 7.4 percent from a year ago, according to data released by the Department of Labor on Friday.
Hourly pay is up 5.3 percent and the average workweek has expanded, particularly due to rising overtime.
Pay growth continued in May. Hourly wages rose 0.4 percent and weekly wages climbed 0.6 percent.
Durable goods manufacturing includes workers making cars, steelworkers, and other employees in fabricated metals, and those building machinery.
Overtime for manufacturing workers has risen to 4.0 hours, up from 3.7 hours a year ago. This suggests that the demand for labor in American factories is growing rapidly.
Real durable goods output grew at an annualized rate of 5.8 percent in the first three months of this year, according to the latest data available.
Productivity—the amount of good produced for an hour of work—rose at a 5.5 percent annualized rate in the first quarter.
Although inflation is still high, factory worker pay is rising significantly faster than prices. After adjusting for inflation using the April consumer price index (the latest available), real weekly pay is up around 3.5 percent and hourly pay is up 1.5 percent for durable goods workers.
Couple charged with sexually abusing missing 14-year-old girl found hiding in box in bedroom
A twisted married couple have been charged with sexually abusing a missing 14-year-old girl — a friend of one of their children — who was found hiding in a box in their bedroom, according to police.
Andrew Olson, 49, and Angeline Olson, 47, were arrested after a concerned neighbor called police and reported seeing the girl and Angeline semi-naked outside of a home in Maplewood, Minn., just hours after the unidentified youngster had been reported missing.
“A little girl comes running out of the house, half naked,” Teaira Vennes, who phoned the cops, told KARE. “Then I noticed the woman, Angeline, in the bushes. She comes out of the bushes and she’s naked — her whole top half is just out.”
The Olsons became argumentative when confronted by police, but eventually allowed them to search their shambolic-looking home.
The officers “ultimately located [the girl] in a cardboard box in the Olsons’ bedroom under a pile of clothes,” according to a criminal complaint obtained by CBS News.
The parents were both taken into custody….
Police were called back to the home early the next morning after the girl was seen wearing a “black swimsuit top” and was with a man and a woman who appeared to be cooking something at the time, according to a criminal complaint.
Police also obtained a warrant to search the couple’s devices and found several images of the victim being assaulted by them.
Metadata shows the assault happened the afternoon she went missing, according to the complaint.
“Just disgusting that people would do that to children,” Nathan Pierce, who says he called the cops at least a dozen times on the Olsons since moving to a nearby apartment complex four years ago, told KARE….
Israel, Lebanon agree to US-backed truce; Mujtaba Khamenei urges supporters on TV7Israel News 5 June
1) Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S.-mediated cessation of hostilities, contingent on a complete cessation of Hezbollah fire.
2) Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem rejects the Israeli-Lebanese agreement – insisting its conditions are no-less than accepting defeat.
3) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mujtaba Khamenei is urging his followers not to despair – as the national morale plummets.
Karmelo Anthony murder trial resumes, new court sketches released
Opening statements began Thursday in the murder trial of 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony, who is accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during an argument at a Frisco ISD track meet on April 2, 2025.
The trial is expected to last about two weeks, and if convicted, Anthony faces five to 99 years or life in prison.
Criminal defense lawyer Mark Astor, joins LiveNOW from FOX’s Bowen Kedrowicz to discuss the case.
Karmelo Anthony Trial Begins, Bolton’s Expected Guilty Plea, Return of the Screwworm: AM Update 6/5
The Karmelo Anthony murder trial kicks off with dramatic testimony from those who witnessed him fatally stab 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.
Former Trump National Security Ambassador John Bolton is expected to plead guilty to mishandling classified information during Trump’s first term.
The Department of Homeland Security is coming to the defense of its detention center standards, as two facilities come under scrutiny.
A flesh-eating maggot called screwworm once thought to be fully eradicated in the U.S. has popped back up in Texas, as the Department of Agriculture looks to isolate the case.
Amazon data center to generate $12M annually for Bossier City water service
The Amazon Web Services’ data center located north of Benton will pay Bossier City around $12 million of revenue each year for water service, according to a Bossier Parish official.
Ken Ward, the Bossier Parish Police Jury administrator, said utility upgrades to Bossier City’s aging infrastructure, which Amazon has agreed to fund, could recover enough lost water to avoid increasing withdrawals from the Red River.
“Bossier is going to make so many repairs and upgrades to their system that they will probably never even see a change in their capacity or their use, because they lose that much water in an average day,” Ward said during a presentation. “It’s a win-win for Bossier City – they get their problem fixed and they get paid for it.”
Ward was in Shreveport Thursday to discuss water-related topics at the Caddo Parish Commission’s rural development committee meeting.
The city entered into a water services agreement with TXLAAR, a legal entity for the project, to provide water for the massive data center campus that’s expected to begin operations in 2028. STACK Infrastructure is developing the $6 billion project for Amazon.
The center is expected to draw several million gallons per day during peak operations, primarily to support cooling computer servers. The project will pay to develop new water infrastructure and also upgrade existing city systems, according to Ward.
Commissioner Greg Young asked Ward to speak about the amount of water they expect to extract from the river…..
‘SHE SNAPS’: Pelosi Comes UNGLUED When Hit with Last Question She Wanted to Hear
In a major win for Trump, Senate passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement
‘MOST WANTED’: FBI expands fraud crackdown
Fraud czar Colin McDonald discusses the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted Fraudsters’ list and the crackdown on Ohio’s Medicaid fraud, highlighting over $42M in alleged schemes.
Mail-in ballots STILL ARRIVING as California counting drags on
Fox News’ Matt Finn reports as key California elections remain undecided days after voters headed to the polls. ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Shannon Bream weighs in.
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